Reference card



Patented May 7, 1929.

PATiEirrl OFFICE.

UNIrED srAvrs GEoneia i. LEHMAN Ain) JU'LIUs PENSAK, or BRQOKLYN, NEWYORK.l

REFERENCE CARD.

application fiiea January 27,'1927. ser-iai No 184.032.

This invention relates to newand useful iinprovements in cards,`and moreparticularly to a reference card or index card upon which various itemsor other indicia may be writtenv printed or otherwise iiiseribed forreference purposes.

The primary object ofthe invention re-VV sides in providing a cardhaving` identification data upon its obrerse face and provid- :ed with apocket adapted .to receive therein --a separab'le slip; such .asa metal7paper or cardboard strip, bearing'upon its obverse surface cosrelativedata which is visible through a. recess provided the edge of ti e cardand the inouth of the poclet and which is visible when the slip isinscrted in ie pocket.

walls of the pocket at the inouth thereof in a,

manner which will permt a separable eleinent to be readily and freelyinserted or withdrawn from said pocket.

A still further object resides in providing;

' a device which is Simple and durable in corstruction, inexpensive tomanufacture, eilicient in use and capable of application to varioususes.

VVith these and other objects in view,,ourinvention consists in tlienovel; features ofV construction, combination and arrangeinent of parts,as will be hereinafter referi'ed to and more particularly pointed out inthe specificat-ion and claims. i

In the acconipanying drawing` foriniiig` a part of this application:

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a card con structed in accordance withour invention, the auxiliary element being shown removed from the pocketof the card;

Figure 2 is a transverse section as seen on tlie line 2-2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is an elevation of a blank in outspread position prior toformation of a modified form of the card; and

Figure 4 is a front elevation of a further niodification of theinvention-- In describing the inveiition, we shall refer .to the drawingin which similar reference characters designate eorresponding partsthroughout the several views and iii'which 1V .designates acard of anypreferred size or shape adapted forV various purposes, such as an indexor referenvce card, the same being forined of two or more laminations orlayers. Adjacent onefend of said card and ex-` tending inwardly from oneedge thereof, a poclret 2 forined: by separating the layers orlaminat-ions. wardly from the one edge of the card .and inay bbe of anydesired Width and length but preferably terminates short Vof the .edgeof the card opposed to thatifrom which the -inouth of said pocket isformed.

As a reference card or the like, various data lmay be written, .printedor otherwise inscribed thereon and we provide in connection withthiscard a strip 8 which may be formed of paper, card board or metal whichThis pocket extends in-' is adapted to be inserted and received inthepoclet 2. This strip or auxiliary element is adapted to have dataprinted, written, im-

pressed or otherwise inscribed thereon which is co-related to the datacontained oii the face of the card 1. Thus, the auxiliary elemeiit 3 mayat all times be carried in direct association with the card 1 towhich'it is related. i o

One wall of the pocket 2 at the inouth thereof is cut away arcuately asshown by the numeral 4 and the other wall thereof is shown by theiiunieral 5. The cut away porv tions of the walls enable the ,strip orelement 3 to be readily grasped by the index finger and thumb andremovedV from the pocketl and the cuttingaway of one wall to a lessereXtent than the otherprovides obviously, a backing or guide means toenable the strip or element 8 to be readily and quickly inserted in thepocket when desired.

As shown in F igures 1 and 2, the pocket 'is formed by separating thelaminations or layers of the card l1 after the latter has been cut. Amodified form of this invention is disclosed in Figure 3 wherein a blankor strip 6 is provided having its one edge' adjacent one end cut awayarcuately as showncat 7. Correspondingly the last-mentioned edge of theblank adjacent the opposite'cnd is out away to a greater extent as shownat 8. This blank 6 is adapted to be folded along the dotted line 9 andthe two halves of the blank Secured together on their inner opposedfaces by means of an adhesive,

or otherwise as desired. Those port-ions of the tWo inner opposed facesof the folded elements of the blank extending inwardly from the out-awayportions 7 and 8 are not secured together and thus Will permit' thepocket to.be formed between the folded elements.

A further modified form of the invention is discloscd in Figure 4 inwhich a card 10 is provided having applied to one face thereof adjacentits one end an outer pocket member 11. rl`he mouth of the pocket isformed in themanner described and shown in connection with the otherforms of the device. Various other modificationsV of this invention "maybe provided.

the the Fromthe foregoing description of construction of our improveddevlce,

` manner of constructing` and applying the same to use will be readilyunderstood.

t Will be seen also that We have provided a simple, inexpensive andcfiicient means for carrying out the purposes of the invention and WhileWe have particularly described the elements best adapted to perform thefunctions set forth, various changes in form, proportion andV in theminor details of construction may be resorted to7 Within the scope ofthe appended claim, Without departing from the spirit or sacrificing anyof the principles of the invention.

VVhat We claino is:

A card cornposedy of confronting plies of material having juxtaposedsurfaces intilnately joined With each other over portions of their areasand leaving disjoined portions of thcirareas' forming a pocket leadingin from the edge of the card, said card being` provided Withidentification data appearing upon its obverse face, saidl card havingat .its edge and at the mouth of the pocket a recess, and a slip adaptedto enter said pocliet and fill the same and having` upon its obverseface identification data corelative With the data upon the card, the

data upon the slip being visible through the recess When the slip isenclosed in the pocket.

In testnnony Whcreof We affiX our signatures.

GEORGE I. LEHMAN. JULIUS PENSAK.

